The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-24 00:00:00

WINDSOR-THURSDAY. This afternoon the Queen, with her attendants, walked on the terrace and in the slopes. Lady Albemarle and Lord and Lady Barham arrived at the Castle this evening, and joined the Royal dinner party. The band of the 2d Life Guards were on duty at the Castle yesterday evening, and also the Queen's chamber musicians. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Gloucester left town yesterday afternoon for her residence at Bagshot Park. The Duchess of Cam bridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, came to town from Kew, and paid a visit to her Royal High ness at Gloucester House in the morning. Mr. Young, Government Secretary of British Guiana, bad an interview yesterday morning with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial -office, and had subsequently an interview with Mr. Spring Rice, at his office. The French Ambassador and Colonel Almonte, Mexican Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Fo xtign-office. Viscount Palmerston gave a grand dinner last evening at his residence in Great Stanhope-street. Amongst the com pany were Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador; Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador; Countess Sebas tiani, the Lady of the French Ambassador; Ahmed Fetbee Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador Extraordinary ; Count Lu doff, the Sicilian ;Minister; Baron Bulow, the Prussian Mi mister ; Baron Biome, tne Danish Minister ; Chevalier de Aguilar, the Spanish Minister ; the Grecian Minister and Princess Soutzo, and Mademoiselle Soutzo ; Baron Rehausen, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires; Count Senift, Sir George Villiers, G. C. 8., and the Hon. William Temple. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. Lord Teignmouth on a tour; Lord and Lady Emily Ashley on a tour; Mr. and Lady Caroline Burges and family, from the residence of the late Dowager Countess Poulett, yesterday, on a tour ; the Hon. William Elphinstone on a - tour; Mr. R. Howard on a tour ; Sir John and Lady Wil- Riams on a tour ; General Sir Ronald Fergusson, Bart., on a baur; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., for Mersham Hall, Kent; Mr. J. Liddell for Fifeshire ; Lord Kinnaird on a tour; Colonel and Mrs. Morgan for Carnarvon ; Mrs. and Miss Gwynne and Captain Grant for Scotland; Colonel Broadhead for Suffolk ; Sir Edmund, Lady, and the Misses -Antrobus for Cheam Park ; Mr. Broadhurst for Foston Hall, berbyshire ; Capt. and Lady Jane Swinburne for Hexham, Nerthumberland ; Lady Selina Bridgeman for Brighton; Sir ITlorace Seymour and Lady Clinton on a tour ; Lieutenant- Colonel Durant for Tong Castle, Shropshire ; Mrs. Fulton for Sussex; the Hon. Lady Murray and Miss Adderley for Sussex ; Mr. Tatton and Lady Charlotte Egerton on a tour; the Earl of Ducie for Woodchester Park ; Lady and Miss Campbell and Captain Boyd for Sidmouth ; the Hon. General 1 9aPel on a tour ; Viscount Downe for Cowick Hall, in York- S ult - e ; Mrs. Bates and family, from Portland-place, for Car -I'oll Lodge, Wimbledon ; Mrs. Hicks, from Somerset-street. for agshot Park, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duc B hess of Gloucester. ARRIVALS. PICTURES. No. VI. Lord Prudhoe, at Northumberland House, from a tour in the east of Europe ; Sir Charles Metcalf, G. C. 8., at the St. George's Hotel, from Fern-hill, Windsor ; Mr. Skene Duffe, in Clarges-street, from Paris ; Lord William Russell, from INV. , urn Abbey, Bedfordshire; Count Rondeaux de Courcy, 'at the St. James's Hotel, from a tour ; Sir Felix and Miss 33 00th, in Portland-place, from a tour ; the Rev. Lord 11 3a” i i ng , at Gould's Hotel, from his seat, Eye, Suffolk; the Earl o f B,ssborough, in Portland place, from his villa at Roe 11„rampton ; Lady Edward Thynne, on Richmond-terrace ; Lord Castlewagh. from Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Marquis of Downshire, Hanover-square, from the Continent ; the Earl of Derby, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit to Mr. and Lady Charlotte Peni - hyn, at their villa, at East Sheen ; Baron Von Knesebeck, at Cambridge House, from Kew; !Ir. Seymou r Montagu, at Somerset-place, from Belairs, .Surrey Lord Templetown, in Whitehall-place, from his '.villa, Wanbam, Dorking, Surrey. .Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby will entertain cornrany at their magnificent baronial castle at Drummond, in Pet•thshire, during the month of September. The family arrived at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, on Saturday evening, A 'rom town. Th e Di.'ke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House, -last e ven i ng , ,".rom Woodford House. The Duke And Duchess of Roxburghe, and the in 4. 't Lady Susan furies Kerr, have arrived at Flours Castle, 11 ° 1,30 from a visit to Sir Francis and Lady Goodricke, at Stud: 0y Castle, Warwickshire. Lord and Lady Warren Vernon, and their infant rattil y , will leave Cuthbert Ellison, Esq.'s mansion, in White 1411..gars3tess, for their seat, Sudbury Hall, in Derbyshire, as goo n as her ladyship has recovered sufficiently to travel. Th e Marques and Marchioness Barthelemy have left 1 "'"n for the chateau near Paris. Lord Morpeth, accompanied by his Private Secre tary Mr. Norman Macdonald, has left town for his offieial re =dance in the Phoenix-park, Dublin, where his Lordship will !oTilaio, it is expected, three or four months. The Noble Lord Is expected to arrive in Dublin to-day. The Duke of Manchester has left Nice for Milan. Th e family seat, Kimbolton Castle, in Huntingdonshire, is oc uPiet-1:13y his Grace's daughters, the Marchioness of Tweed dale amd Lady Elizabeth Steele. Ttl , e Marquis of Hertford and Captain Meynell, IS T.P., ba ve left Aix-la-Chapelle for Milan. His Lordship 'Seat ino.nth will give an entertainment of peculiar splendour at Lis hotel in tahe capital of Lombardy, to the high aristocracy o f Aust r i a ,_ Piedmont, and Sardinia. His Lordship will not E re turn to vglanal until the spring of next year. Lord Charles Wellesley embarked at Liverpool on S C• anada l ast on b oar d the New York packet, on his way to to assume the con:mand of the 15th regiment. Colo tel Norton, th e l ate Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment, is on Is passag e home. The late Commander of the Forces at Ceylon, Lieu tena nt-General Sir John Wilson, who was included in the late re v , is daily expected to al rive from that island. The h - awl) '-appointed General Officer, Major-General Sir Robert 1 1, 1•1itit hnot, K. C. B , attended by his Aide de-Camp, has em arAteC, ' for Ceylon in the Herald sloop of war, Capt. Nias. '.Th e President of the Board of Controul has ap tint ed Major Jarvis to the highly lucrative post of Surveyor of India. The gallant officer is on the eve of ern "kin (; for Calcutta. b , ‘II3IIIDGE WELLS.—Arrivals at the Mount Phrai n Hotel :—The Earl of Wicklow, Earl of Ash urab arn, Lord and Lady Poltimore and family, Right Hon. 8 * Ho. ad, Captain Hood, Hon. Percy Ashburnham, Sir scree at ad Lady Williams, Major Wallinger and family, t , ar ias 1% , lacca.he, Esq., Munnings, Esq., Bathorne, A pl., and' family, F. Lincoln, Esq., and Mrs. Lincoln, T o lland and iWi ss Bi rc h left for Berner's Hotel; Mr. and Miss .lolland for. town. RA.sTiarGs AND ST. LEONARD'S.—These neigh- Zuring r'tsor is of rank and fashion are filling fast with corn- V`V. The following are among the latest arrivals :—Lord L o sten and the' Hon. Misses Irby, Countess of Mexborough, dY Sarah Saville, Countess Ashburnham, Lady Wraxhall, 4 , (1 Y Bromley, Hon. Plantagenet Corry, Lady Kingsland, o wager Lady Lubbock, Sir Latimer Widdrington, Lady ntgomerie, Lady Honeywood, Lady Troysdon, Sir John "and Lady Jane Walsh, Lady Elizabeth Tuftan, the Right to.J. Planta, M.P., and Mrs. Planta, Sir Wm. Clayton, to. M. P., Lady Jane Hamilton, Sir Hugh and Lady Palliser, eco.: ASTLEY's—" THE LIONS."—A numerous and eN)ectable company was yesterday, by special invitation, ad '4l 'wed to a private view of a recently-imported collection of trained animals," which are to be exhibited on Monday next 4 t thi s .. the most appropriate theatre for the purpose, in a piece t 2,1 sres s ;v prepared to display their amazing docility and obe e ilea! t o the commands of their keeper, Mr. Van Amburgh, tall "I Lion Conqueror of Pompeii, the production of which Alr a D u cirow :is personally superintending. Hitherto the lion, th e tiger, and She leopards have been regarded by natare as no m soon e nemies; in the present instance , and by some pec uliar Vo de of treatment known only to Mr. Van Amburgh , they .44 Ve been brought to HIT together as uncommon friends. The 0 allection consisting of tw a elve noble and beautiful specimens • r the brute creation, include two males and females of each 41 limal above named, which being equally divided occupy two • %es strongly barred with wrought iron. These are entered at will, and in the most familiar manner, by the keeper, • hose look even apparently appals them. Yet are they spot.- t" ve as well as obedient—playfully gambolling or abjectly er ()tiding. at his command. The keeper thrust his arm, next pis head, into the mouth of the lion, and also introduced a pet i_arafa to their com mon acqua i n t ance , w ith ou t i n the slightest 4 .lParont de gree exc i t i ng a f ee li ng b eyon d t h at o f p er f e ct in . unrerence. - Th oug h t h e a b ove f eats were ex hibi te d, we are 'cured that th e y b ear b ut s li g ht resem bl ance , save as regards 4 extreme dociity of the animals, to those which will be • .5- night forward in their evenings' performances. ENGLISH OF ERA HOUSE.—Matters are aSSII -1.; -i. a most favourabl.e aspect at this theatre. Macfarren's 'en s Opera nightly attiacts crowds to witness its perform • Wieland's Devil is perfection ; the music is becoming igly popular. The trio, executed by Miss Rainforth, O x 9. s e oin, and Miss Poole, must be beard ta have the Armin g n Nlody properly appreciated. LORD - y DSAY S LETTERS ON EGYPT, EDONI, • THE 11 0 " f„.:r., , r.:.—The publication of this work will give, • n.'e sure, no watt:. a - ratification to the religious public—the r um es being full o f hiaeresting illustrations of the Sacred • ritin3s, as afforded by the ;aresent state of the Holy Land, e. , 1 the m anner s and cnstoms a'f its inhabitants. " Lord Lindsay,: (says the Alliereeunt) os lost no opportunity of Pointin g out t h e lii .era l f u lfilm en t of proi.,'lkecy as displayed in i L ie actu a l con di t i on of Egypt, Edom, and Syria, an d his ; o r b i s t e io rv s, ations on this subject dese rv e the attention of biblical especially e as his Lordship has avoided hypothetical and n ?reet; i n t erpretat i ons. Th e :aloe of the volumes is enha nce d ''Y the addition of a letter from Mr. Farrell, late Consui-Ge 4'ral of S . aria, which affords important information on the cal condiaaon of the Levant, and particularly on the ques. 4 'os at i ssue b e t,,: , en the Rulers of Turkey and Egypt." lsSuE OF N EW NOTES.—The Bank of Ireland thoseebout t o i ssue notes ot.' ° now in circulation, and a very different appearance from se in point of style and exc. cati on, arc a advanced state a the 111ty th great cr e dit t o th e preseni.. . crease the Clic nof eimseitkatiinognloms, and will considerab .ly o ."0 ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATIONAL KNOX PREACHING BEFORE THE LORDS OF THE CONGREGATION, IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE PAINTING BY SIR DAVID WILLIE, R.A., TO WHOM THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED. Like a flame pillar from some mountain free, Uprisen as a God upon its height, That flings its shining shadow o'er the sea, Thro' the dense darkness of the enshrouded night ; And from its burning fount of Majesty Pours all around rich streams of living light— With the deep glow of their prophetic fire, To fill the soul and solemn awe inspire 1 Warning of some high advent !—even so, From Scotland's mountain-bosom doth there rise A spirit-flame, that now with fervid glare Lifts up its holy lustre to the skies I And while its glories fill all earth below, Religion's new-born soul doth symbolize, That in the grandeur of her viewless voice Proclaims in Knox the champion of her choice. But late a banish'd man—by Leman's lake Dwelling with famous Calvin for his friend, Anon, in Scotland's heart—his soul awake, With high impassioned zeal that now doth blend Its fires into his being—see him break The spell of ages—as the storm would rend Some rotten sail upon a shivering mast, And shake its worthless tatters to the blast 1 So old St. Andrew's holy walls within, Beneath the wide cathedral's fretted roof I He rends the garments of the " Ancient Sin," Puts his mind's valour to the daring proof; And there Religion's guerdon goes to win : Hold, reader, now from earth thy soul aloof ! And pass awhile within those sacred doors, Where Knox his heavenly inspiration pours. It is a grand interior, and looks proud, With all the solemn signs of its old creed, The fair-wrought image whereto kneelers bow'd, In superstitious reverence of the deed : The still recess—where lonely sin avowed, The dark remorse that made its spirit Weed 1 Opening the human soul as 'twere a book, In the hush'd silence of that gloomy nook. Art has pour'd treasures round the sacred walls, And carved her rare devices in the wood, And shadowy grandeur as a mantle falls Over dim sculptures, that long years have stood The symbol saints of those cathedral halls Where marble forms repose in sleepful mood ; And monumental glories to the dead Ever along the ancient aisles arc spread 1 Mark in the misty distance, dimly view'd, Yon crucifix—the old religion's sign— That, with deep relic-sancity endued, Poor devotees approach as to their shrine; Their faith was not all fall'n, while it stood There with a presence they had deemed divine : And shone upon their hearts (tho' sad indeed) Like the last sunbeam of their parting creed ! See even the pulpit with adornments fraught, Symbolic of a worship not yet dead, Angels and cherubs in the foliage wrought Of its fair canopy, and over-head, Beaton's escutcheon, that on heart and thought Doth cast a deepened shadow drear and dread; While memory pauseth, with a fear-held breath, O'er the blood vision of his tragic death But that old pulpit bath a living guest, Whose voice is thunder to the startled soul; All absent thoughts are in the heart represt, And every bosom bow'd to his control ; Upon his dauntless brow what quick eyes rest, While his their fervid inspiration roll Flashing and deep, as tho' light's fountain took Its source of glory from his meteor look 1 His being is absorbed—his mind supplies A strength, with scarcely mortal passion rife— His words are very waves, that as they rise Seem on their billowy wings to bear his life 1 His soul an ocean buffetting the skies, And all rejoicing in its giant strife ; While the wild storm that stirs his spirit's foam Strikes its fierce lightnings thro' the Church of Rome. Slumbers the Vatican?—Can it not pour Extermination on his reckless head? Passeth its pride like summer tempests o'er? Droops its dark spirit—is its vengeance dead ? Where, where are the far spreading wings that bore Like thunder-clouds its judgments armed with dread? Struck to the earth or scattered 'neath the sky, Quelled by his grand and God-like majesty I On what a congregation doth he shower The mighty torrent of the new-born word, With truth, and strength, and eloquence, and power, That rise and leave no kindled soul unstirred; In this devotion's warmest, holiest hour, How strikes the shepherd's voice his startled herd, Withers their wrath or wins their wondering love, With magic fed and fountain'd from above I Fear cannot come upon him ! He doth heed Not the arch-prelate frowning fiercely there 1 And listening with his heart, even though it bleed, And beat 'twixt admiration and despair Priest Hamilton—the champion of his creed, Roused like a lion hunted to his lair 1 Death in his word—the slayer at his side— Enraged tho' awed, and silent tho' defied I But still the enthusiast preacher, warm and loud, Rolls the deep stream majestically on— Grand cynosure of what a noble crowd 1 For their absorbed sight to dwell upon I Eyes of the young, the beautiful, the proud, Lit with a lustre pure as ever shone ; Glow from the soul and gather up their rays, To lance on him in one concentred gaze. Half Scotland's nobles throng the sacred place, And crowd in eager group round aisle and pew ! Morton, last chief of the old Douglas' race, Leans on the sword that first Earl Angus drew ; Murray thinks deep with meditative face, While, to his native warmth with spirit true, Glencairn can hear no word that does not dart A thrilling tumult thro' his poet's heart ! The young Argyll with fond and fervent zeal, Mingles his being in the solemn fray; Nor less cloth Crichton—fame achiever I—feel, His soul in that faith battle borne away I His are the holy visions that reveal To the rapt sense Religion's endless day ; His the conviction strong. and his the creed, That shake the Romish temple as a reed I Others, the high and mighty in the land, Are gathered to that fold in very flocks ; And still the preacher's voice, with fervour grand, Each human heart, as 'twere a cradle, rocks ; Peer, soldier, scholar, monk, and peasant band, Sit blended there to drink the word of Knox : Breathless and still, as tho' salvation hung On the charm'd accents of his wondrous tongue; Nor hath the face of woman failed to shed Angelic sunshine on the holy scene; Look where (companioned) lifts her graceful bead Lovely Argyll—sweet kin of Scotland's Queen 1 A fond young mother, too, bath hither sped, - With cherub child, and waits with earnest mein, Wondering if he who preaches faith above Will deign baptize it into Christian love. And all the time another sunshine smiles Thro' the old sculptured windows from on high, And rays, on golden wings, slant down the aisles, Until their gleams 'mid deepened shadows die; And colours like the tints of tropic isles, Bathed in the sunset of their western sky, Vanish like visions from the painted glass, And tinge the air whcre'er their spirits pass 1 So ever when the sunbeam tracks and tells Its path from Heaven to that sacred place, Upon each listner's brow it falls and dwells It glows in gold on every up-turned face And as the voice of Knox, inspired, swells All hearts and bcsoms—lo 1 how well we trace The various tides in which their feelings run, Their souls' emotions, shining in the sun I F. W. N. BAYLEY. The Duke of Devonshire will leave Paris for Aix, in Savoy, where Lord and Lady Granville are taking the waters; but his Grace does not intend, as reported, to be at the coronation at Milan. DEATH OF JOHN DAVID LA TOUCHE, ESQ. feelings of deep regret we announce the demise of this highly respectable and most excellent and amiable gentleman, 'which took place (after a protracted illness) at his scat, Marley, on Monday evening last. Mr. La Touche was the head of the banking firm, which has for so m?.ny years been considered as the leading establishment in this kingdom. —Dublin Even ing Mail. FREEMASONS AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. — Being among the first to hail and advocate this Company, it gives us great pleasure observe the eminent success with which it has been attended. In fact, the prin ciples on which it is based only to require to be investigated in order to be approved. It adds to the cardinal virtues of Masonry " Faith, hope, and Char;ty," a fourth, perhaps, of still greater importance in human life, viz., Prudence. The plan of giving to the Provincial Grand Lodge of every district a tenth of the profits realizad in that district for the benevo ' lent purposes of Masonry, is - an admirable ft'ature, and is cal lated to rn..:ke each vie w1:11 the other in support of this Asso ciation. Masonry will thus have a standing fund always available for its objects, and like the banana tree of the In dies, avery branch from the Grand I_,!_dge may become a great trunk itself. The plan, too, of giving the option of a provi sion for old age, an increase of the policy, a diminution of the premium, or a loan on the advances, though not original, is very judiciously grafted on the previously advertised system, while the two classes of the assured, one with all the profits of ita own class, divided among themselves, and the other at an extremely low premium, with all the profits to the shareholders in addition to the guaranteod five p •r cmt., is a feature quite r.pw, and ltkay to be very i of Oar with bo• dIS tl and pa:464g fl; irinti to inistvc, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1838. LORD BYRON (From the Morning Chronicle.) We have hitherto let our Contemporaries battle it out among themselves on the question, whether it be or be not fit that the bust of Lord Byron by Thorcvaldsen ought or ought not to be allowed a place in Westn inster Abbey? As a work of art, of course, it merits a place anywhere, but we doubt whe ther a church be the best place for the exhibition of works of art, and whether in the abstract there be not an objection in a sacred edifice to anything which may divert the mind from the purpose for which the sacred edifice was erected and ought to be visited. Tombs, shrines, and monuments afford lessons of mortality; but when the proposal is to construct a memo rial to a man who was certainly great for his genius, but re markable for the manner in which he perverted it, the subject is reduced to very narrow limits, and the point to be settled merely is, whether abilities alone, without reference to the mode in which they are directed, give a man a claim to the distinction ? We are by no means sure that the most unfavourable representation of the charac ter and conduct of Lord Byron is not that given by himself ; he was a man full of affectation of various kinds, and one of his affectations was that of representing himself worse than he was in reality • but, take what account you will o f hi s opinions and actions, they must be admitted to be in general anything but commendable. If, therefore, his bust be erected in Westminster Abbey, not only the effect of example would be wanting, but it would be worse than lost, for it would seem to show that private virtue was of little consequence in the distribution of posthumous honours. We are not persuaded that Lord Byron was a poet of the highest order of genius ; on the contrary, we think he was not. There, perhaps, never was a man of true arid exalted genius, who was not possessed of that simplicity of character and singleness of heart in which Lord Byron seems to us to have been especially deficient. This, we are are aware, is no answer to the claim to have his bust deposited in Westminster Abbey, because the busts and statues of many men of small or of no talents have been placed there ; but it tends to show that if his claim depend upon his talents only, as we submit it does, he has not even that recommend ation in the highest degree. Lord Byron was a selfish man, not only in his habits of life, but in his writings : in everything he produced, whether satirical, didactic, dramatic, lyrical, or narrative, he had always himself before his eyes ; and the ex istence of selfishness proves a narrowness of mind, we appre hend, inconsistent with great genius. His extreme cleverness, whether writing severely, gravely, or jocosely, we do not for an instant dispute ; but we do deny that his genius (using the term to express the very loftiest gift of a poet) was of the highest order. That be wrote more attractively and popularly than many men of great genius have done is quite true, but this does not necessarily establish that he was a man of first-rate powers as regards the imaginative faculty. It is not enough to point to Poets'-corner and say,— " Here is a monument to Shadwell ' • here is a bust of Spratt ; and here Prior laid out 5001. on his own effigy." Neither will it be sufficient to mention the names of poets there recorded who debased their art by impiety or licentiousness. Chaucer, who stood alone for more than a century, and even Shakspeare, who will stand alone for many centuries, might be excluded on this account. Bad precedents ought not to he followed merely because they are precedents. We say broadly that poets, as poets, have no right to monu ments in churches ; and when, as in the instance before ns, it can be shown incontrovertibly that the tendency of nearly all the writings of an individual poet has been to bring religion and morality into disrepute, his memorial is most of all to be shut out from a sacred edifice. It is. observed by Sir Thomas Browne that the oldest fami lies, let them carry back their pedigree, if they will, to the Conquest or the Heptarchy, " survive not three oaks ;" and urns and monuments are but of perishable materials com pared with the productions of a great man's intellect as recorded in writing, and rendered indestructible by print ing. These " monuments of vanished minds," as Da venant happily terms books, live only just as long as they deserve. Other monuments put all men upon an equality. Prior's ostentatious tomb will last as long as Milton's modest bust; but the time may come, and not be far distant, when people will ask, what did Prior write to de serve to occupy so large a space on the walls of Poets'-corner? Milton is secure against any such interrogatory. When the Duke of Buckinghamshire, according to Pope, " Help'd to bury him he help'd to starve," it was a futile effort by a monument in Westminster Abbey to recompense personal injuries to Dryden ; but those per sonal injuries were public benefits. Had Dryden not been poor he would have wanted at least one of the great incite ments to authorship. To what, then, do our remarks lead ? They serve to show that as Churches are not proper depositories for memorials to our great men, and as it is abundantly necessary that their services to the world should thus be acknowledged, it is fit that we should possess some national edifice into which their busts or statues shall be admitted without vio lence to the pious and conscientious scruples of those who are trustees of places of public worship. Such a structure might have been made part of our National Gallery ; and even now, notwithstanding the defects of that building, we do not see that the object might not be accomplished. These may not be, and certainly are not, times for extravagance ; but there arc no times for penury, when a purpose of such exten sive utility is to be carried into effect. it would at once give patronage to our sculptors, afford youth its incentive, man hood its motive, and age its consolation. We are anxious, at the same time, to rescue both the Church and the relations of those for whose monuments a place is claimed in it, on the ground of genius and talent, the invi diousness of such discussions as the refusal of Dean Ireland in this case has originated. The dignitaries of the Church assert the right to sit in judgment on the lives of all for whom claims are advanced to the honour of a monument, and the immoral tendency of actions, having once been made the ground of exclusion, the principle must hereafter be adhered to, or a charge of partiality may justly be preferred against these sacred functionaries. But this power of stigm a _ tizing individuals is of too much importance to be safely committed to a Dean and Chapter. Tbis is not a Popish country, and it is not in accordance with the spirit of the times that any Church shall " deal damnation round the land" after the fashion of Dean Ireland. There is a broad distinction be tween the possession of talents and the tendency of the mode in which they have been displayed. The claims of the late late Dr. Doyle and Doctors Lingard and Wiseman to the pos session of great talents and learning will be disputed by few ; but Dr. Ireland, as a Churchman of the Protestant Church of England, would consistently refuse a place to men who have distinguished themselves by hostility to that Church. A c . cordance with his principles as a Churchman of the Church of England is Dr. Ireland's test ; but a receptacle of monuments commemorative of talent and genius ought to be national and not sectarian. They who are ambitious of the reputation of Church •f England orthodoxy may still claim admiPion among the select whom Dean Ireland, as a good Churchman, deems entitled to the honour. The Cologne Gazette publishes the report of a meeting of the Directors of the Rhenish Railway to the Bel gian frontier, held at Cologne on the 7th of the present month. The principal object of this meeting was, it appears, that of confirming certain contracts for supplies which bad been entered into on the part of the Company by the Com mittee. The labour, says the report, of preparing the founda tion is proceeding with great activity at the first, second, and fourth sections of the line, a commencement not having yet been made at the third on account of the want of earth, and the retention of the engineers at the other sections. Men are working night and day at the pass near Mungersdorf. Besides the great bridges on the Roer, the Erft, the Inde, and over the valley of Barrette, eighty more smaller ones had to be erected. Nine are already finished, and the foundations of many others laid or prepared. The bridge which has to pass over the valley of Barrette will rest upon sixteen arches, each of forty feet span. Great progress has been made in sinking the shafts requisite for the Kcenigsdorf tunnel. In order that there may be as little delay as possible, permission has been given by the Church authorities to the men to work on Sundays and fast days, the necessary time being afforded for the performance of their religious duties. The number of labourers employed on the various works is stated to be 1,841, but this will be augmented considerably after the termination of the harvest. Of one thousand tons of rail, of which Messrs. Hoesch, of Duren, have the finishing, 348 are already accepted, and they are placed, for the most part, near Cologne, Duren, Mungersdorf, and Terre-Rouge, by Aix la- Chapelle. Two hundred tons ordered from England had ar rived, and one of the three locomotives to be furnished by the house of Longridge, Starbuck, and Co , during the year, had also come to hand. The latter is the largest. It had been proved on the English railroads, where it had drawn fifty waggons, each loaded with 53 cwt. of goods, at the rate of twenty English, or four German miles per hour. It is at present employed in the conveyance of earth. A saving of 11,537 tbalers has, it appears, been thus far effected upon the valuations of the land works. The direction express a hope that the portions of the line near Cologne and Aix-la-Cha• polio may be completed by the spring of 1840, that the entire distance from Cologne to Aix-la- Chapelle may open to the public in the beginning of 1841, and that in 1842, or possibly sooner, it may be extended to the Belgian frontier. -Morning Paper. According to the T?eznce des Deux Mondes, the following is the list of stamps issued to each French journal :- The average daily in July, 1837. Ditto in July, 183 8 . Siecle La Presse 13,631 Debats Constitutionnel Moniteur Parisien Gazette de France Quotidienne National Commerce Le Temps Journal de Campagnes... 3,628 Gazette des Tribunuax 3,075 Estafette Journal General Echo Francais France Journal de Paris ...... ... 2,014 Bon Sens 730 The Constitutionnel contradicts the veracity of this list, a nd aids, the property of the Constitutionnel is divided into fifteen shares ; in the month of February last one of these shares was sold to the highest bidder for 130,000 francs : the entire of the fifteen shares, at the price of the bidders, was 1,930,0 00 francs; two other shares were told. a few days after, at the same price : and since the administration has been renewed by these changes a half share was given two months ago for 70,000 francs, which made on the p r i c e o f th e s h are an i nc rease I of 10,000 francs, and which gave to the proprietors of the jour -0 pal a sum of more than two million francs. i'.. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL' S—YESTERDAr. THE ST. LEGER. Very little business done. The closing prices were as fullOws 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon 4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost 12 to I agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus 14 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Cobham 14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad 16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle 18 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Easter—taken 18 to I agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Thompson's Stansty .5 to 4on Appleton Lad agst Albemarle—taken ; 6 to 4 on the field agst two—taken ; and 6 to son three agst the field. 1,000 to 100 agst Jemmy Jumps and Easter—taken. OXFORD RACES.-YESTERDAY. The Cup, 110 sou. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; three years old, Gst. 101 b; four, Bst. 21b; five, Bst. 121 b ; six and aged 9st ; mares allowed 31b. Two miles and a quarter. Winners of the Ascot or Goodwood Cups to carry 61b ; all other winners of a Queen's Plate, or other prize of 100 sovs. in 1838, to carry 31b; of two or more, 51b. extra. 10 Subs. Mr. Dolphin's The Skater, 5 yrs Lord Exeter's Adrian, 4 yrs ... 2 The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs. ; three years old, E s t. 121 b ; four, .Bst. 21b ; five, Bst. 101 b ; six and aged, 9st ; mares and geld ings allowed 3lbs ; winners of one Plate in 1838, before the day of starting, to carry 31bs ; of two or more, slbs. extra. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., if demanded. Two mile heats. Mr. Wortley's Oberon, aged Chappel 1 1 Mr. Stevens's Talebearer, 4 yrs Mr. Rawlinson's Reliance, 6 yrs 2 3 Mr. Coleman's b. c. Rienzi, 4 yrs A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added by the Gen tlemen of the County. Five accepted. Two miles. Mr. I. Day's b. g. Zethus, aged, Bst. llb Chapple 1 Mr. Garrard's b. g. Rienzi, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b Mr. Price's Exchange, 6 yrs, 7st. 61b 3 A Handicap of 50 sovs . for beaten horses, to accept within a quarter of an hour after the Plate is decided at the weighing post. Once round. Mr. Coleman's Calmuck, 5 yrs Mr. Rawlinson's Reliance, 6 yrs Mr. Stevens's Talebearer, 4 yrs Mr. Lucas's Foreigner, 3 yrs ~Coleman 1 B U RNLEY RACES.-FRID4 Y. The Trades' Cup of 100 sovs. (in specie), added to a Handicap Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft.. and 5 only, &c. The second saved his stake. Thrice round. Sir P. H. Fleetwood's Lyndhurst, 3 yrs, 6st. 81b ... Mr. J. W. Patten's Anvil, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b Won cleverly. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added by the Com mittee ; three years old, 9st. 31b ; four, lOst. 71b ; five, llst. 61b ; six, list. 121 b ; and aged, 12st. 21b ; winners once, 51bs ; twice, 81bs ; and thrice or more, 101bs. extra. Heats, twice round and a distance. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Fairlie's Valentine, 5 yrs Mr. M‘Donogh's Bolivar, aged Mr. Hill's Mischief, 5 yrs Mr. J. Scott's Erin-go-Bragh, 6 yrs Won in a canter. The Consolation Stakes, with 20 sovs. added, the last to pay the second's stake, were won in two heats by Mr. Hudson's Colum bine, beating Mr. llolt's Miss Fanny, and Mr. Marlow's Fairplay. Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 50 added ; three yrs old, 6st. 71b ; four yrs, Bst. 21b ; five yrs, Bst. 101 b ; six yrs, 9st. 21b ; and aged, 9st. 51b. Winner of one 50 sovs., 51b ; of two, 81b ; and of three, 101 b. extra. Maiden horses allowed 31b., and half-bred horses, 101 b. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Osborn's Orcus Mr. Ogden's b. c. St. Leonard, 3 yrs Mr. Dawson's The Stag Sweepstakes, with 20 sovs. added; the winner to be sold for 80 s" B ., &c. Twice round and a distance, were won by Mr. Os born's Orcus, beating Mr. Marlow's Fairplay; Sir P. H. Fleet wood's Lyndhurst, Mr. Hudson's Columbine, and Mr. Clayton's Recluse. RIP ON RACE,S'.—MovnAY. The St. Wilfred's Plate of 501. Mile and a half heats. Captain Wrather's gr. c. Hackfall, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b Mr. Wormald's ch. g. Fieschi, 4 yrs, Bst. 3lb 7 2 Mr. Co o k' s b . f . W onder, 3 yrs 5 3 Mr. Att woo d' s b . f. Thero, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b 2 4 Mr. Joh nson ' s c h . f. Susanetta, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b 3 5 Colonel Th ompson ' s M r. Merryman, aged, 9st .. 6 6 Mr. C. H. Ibb otson ' s b. m. Saltarella, by Stumps, 4 yrs, fist. 31b 4 dr The City Sweepstakes, with 20 sous. added, mile and a half heats, were won in three heats by Mr. Bell's br. h. Swainby, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b. (Levison), beating Mr. Wormald's ch. c. Centi pede, 3 yrs, 7st ; Mr. Ibbotson's b. m. Susanna, aged, 9st. 21b. (who won the first heat) ; and Mr. Walker's b. c. Manfred, 3 yrs, 7st. (distanced). TUESDAY. The Members' Plate of 501. Mile and a half, heats. Mr. Rowell's b. m. Theano, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b Mr. Wormald's ch. g. Fieschi, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b 1 2 2 Mr. Cook's b. f. The Wonder, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b Mr. C. H. Ibbotson's Susanna, aged Mr. Blacker's br. c. Triangular Jack, 3 yrs, 6st. dis. Won easy. The Corporation Stakes, with 20 sovs. added, mile and a half heats (the second saved his stake), were won in two heats by Air. Bell's br. h. Swainby, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b., beating Mr. Dawson's br. g. Bonny Jack, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b., and Mr. Walker's b. c. Manfred, 3 yrs, ist. easily. CHELMSFORD RACES.-1V BDNICIDA Y. The Hunters' Stakes, with 25 sovs. added. for any horse not thorough-bred, heats once round, with three leaps over hurdles in each heat, gentlemen riders, the winner to be sold for 1201., &c., were won in two heats by Mr. Barker's b. h. The Stranger, aged, 12st., beating Mr. Armstrong's Flecknoe, aged, 12st. 51b., and Mr. Bruty's Johna, aged, 12st. The Cup Stakes of JO sovs. each, three miles, the winner to be sold for 300 sovs., &c., were won easily by Mr. Palmer's b. g. Bravo, 5 yrs, 6st. 131 b. (Nest ), beatin g G enera l Grosvenor ' s b. c. by The Colonel, out of Pinions, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. CANTERBURY RACES.—TVEDNESDAY. The County Subscription Plate of 701. ; for three yrs old, 7st. 41b ; four yrs, Bst. 61b ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9st. 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners of one Plate or Sweepstakes this year, 31b ; of two, 51b ; of three, 71b, extra. Heats, two miles; the winner to be sold for 300 so's., &c. Mr. Shelley's Bay Hampton, 3 yrs Mr. Wickham's Pincher, aged Captain Pearson's b. g. Munchausen, 3 yrs.. ................. 32 Mr. Cobham's ch. h. Whalebone, 5 yrs ..... . The Barham Downs Plate of 50 sous. The win ner to be sold for 1 9 0 sous., &c. All other conditions the same as for the County Plate. Mr. Shackel's b. m. Magnolia, 4 yr 5..... ..................... 1 1 Colonel Walpole's b. g. Pumpkin, aged . . 2 2 Mr. Paget's b. g. Jemmy , 4 yrs ................... 3 dr ................. YORK AUGUST MEETING.-147 EDNESD4 Y. The Hornby Stakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for two years old ; colts, B.t. 51b ; fillie s , B s t. 21b . T. Y. C. 4 Subs. Arr. S. L. Fox's b. f. by Langar ....5. Templeman I Arr. Bowes's b. f. Streamlet Sprite, by Physician 2 Betting-6 to 4on Streamlet Sprite—taken freely, and 5t04 on Langar filly. Won easy by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three years old; colts, B s t. 51b; and fillies, Bst. 21b. Mile and a half. 3 Subs. Mr. Bowes's eh. c. Jagger, by Actaeon, received forfeit. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 sovss., for mares; for three yrs old, 7st. 21b ; four yrs, Bst. 71b ; five, 9st. llb ; six and aged, 9st. 51b. Three miles. Mr. Dawson's ch. f. Primefit, by Actaeon, 3 yrs Lye 1 Mr. Bell's b. f. Miss Eliza, by H ump h rey Clinker, 4 yr 5........ 2 Mr. Ibbotson's b. m. Susanna, b y Fi garo, aged .. Mr. Palmer b. f. Creusa, by P r i am, 4 yrs 4 Mr. Vansittart's b. f. by Humphrey Clinker, 3 yrs Mr. J. liowes's b. f. Rebecca, by Br u t an d orf, 4 yts 6 Betting 4 agst Miss Eliz a , 3 to 1 agst Primefit, and 4 to 1 —6 to agst Mr. Vansittart's b. f. Won cleverly by three quarters of a length. BURTON -UPON-TRENT RACES.—TUESDA r. The Trial Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 20 added from the Fund, for all ages. Once round and a distance. Mr. E. Peel's gr. c. Saul, 3 yrs... ............................... 1 Colonel Anson's br. m. by Tra : mp, 4 yrs •........................... 2 Won in a canter. The Bretby Cup, or Piece of Plate, value 100 sous., given by the Earl of Chesterfield, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft. The second saved his stake. Once round and a distance. Lord Chesterfield's Darnley, 4 yrs ..................... 1 Mr. E. Peel's gr. c. Saul, 3 yrs ........................... . ..... 2 Mr. J. Foster's f. Prudence, 3 yra .................. 3 Mr. B. Collett's ch. c. Bath , 3 yrs. 4 The Anglesey Plate of 50 sous., for Maiden horses of all ages. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Johnson's br. h. by Robin Hood, 5 yrs Mr. Fowler's Sister to Concordia, 3 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. Thompson's Jim Crow, by Wavertey, 4 yrs Mr. Kirk na. b. m. Miss Tramp, by Tramp, 4 yrs dis A good race. AQUATICS. GRAND REGATTA AT PUTNEY. —The patrons and admirers of acquatics, the sport so congenial "to our sea-girt isle," experienced yesterday a t rea t w hi c h we f a i r l y say, without ex aggeration, never was nor will be surpassed here. Never was a contest in whi c h t h e men h a d b een so picked or arranged, to give each an opportunity of developing his skill as a sculler, and although d escr ib e d an d b ear i ng but the name of one great match, in point of reality there were seven distinct and splendid contests. Thi s s t rugg l e was not got up by any particular clique, hut was the united subscription of the noblemen and gentlemen comprising the great aquatic clubs, to a few of whom were delegated the arrangements of this race. The leading gentlemen were determined, prior to the season having too far adv ance d , to have the whole of the best men pitte d against each other in one match, and oars were at first pro posed. This was agreed to, on the understanding that an addition should be made to the general subscription, and the same men afterwards contend in a scullers' wager. The first of these contests took pl ace a f ortn i g ht s i nce , and the latter, as appointed, was the great feature of yesterday. From Putney to Hammersmith Bridge had been chosen as the scene of ac tion, as bei ng a part of the Thames where t h e competition was less liable to interruption from any craft passing, and in order to afford the occupiers of the pretty villas on the banks, and the . ladie s and gentlemen of the surroun di ng di s t ric t s a t reat which they h ave b ut rare l y en j oye d, most of the great matches being started from Westminster and finishing at Putney, those who had th e conducting of the contest were determined that it should, as f ar as their exertions went , excee d in its peculiar arrangement anything of former times, and the better to effect this desideratum, they agreed that it should be rowed in single pairs, as d rawn, const i tut i ng s i x heats of about a mile and three quarters each. The five pairs started after each other, and the .winners then laid by. The five losers then rowed together at one time, and the first man was entitled to contend in the grand thus making six boats in the seventh and last heat. The celebrity of the men eilgaged in this match is too well known to need any comment. They were the ten best men plying on the Thames, and were thus arranged for the match : First heat —J, Hill, Hof Maynard, ungerford, red, against . of L 'ntheth, dark blue, Second heat—John Williams,i Wa terloo-bridge, and John Phelps, Putney, pink, Third hei.t— J. Byford, Lambeth, )ellow, and J. lirlly, Fulham, light blue; !~'~ ;,~,,,,4, Fourth heat—Robert Coombes, Millbank, green, and Free min, Fulham, oranee. Fifth heat—J. Royal, Millbank, crimson, and W. Waits, Waterloo-bridge, white and blue. The sporting interest was very considerable, and many thousands depended upon the result. There was an ample opportunity of " making a book," as it is termed, from the diversity of opinion that orevailed. The whole of the crack boats built for gentlemen were on this occasion very hand somely turned over to the wagermen to row in. CoornheE rowed in Mr. Colquhoun's boat, built for the silver sculls' con test; Phelps had Mr. Layton's ; and Watts Mr. Wood's, the amateur champion of the river. The whole of the great club cutters were out, and the attendance of the mcmbers of the respective Universities and other gentlemen was extraor dinary. Towards the time of starting the arrivals from Rich mond and Kea, Isleworth, Hounslow, and other places a few miles off, had crowded the towing-path, and every other place where a sight could be obtained of the men. At half-past three the men were at the starting place, and the river was at that time literally covered with boats. Hill and Maynard first took the lead. Hill had it all his own way, and won ea s ily ; Ph e l ps next b eat Willi ams ; K e ll y b eat Kipping, the latter being substituted for Byford, but it could be considered no victory, as Kipping's boat was swamped by the wash. Coombes went right away from Freeman, whose beat was also swamped off Springett's. Royal beat Watts, the latter also meeting with the same accident in consequence of the violence of the wind. Much depended upon the sixth heat amongst the losers, which was, after a beautiful struggle, won by the least likely man of all, Kipping. At seven o'clock Hill, Coombes, Royal, Phelps, Kelly, and Kipping, started for the grand heat, to row from off the Crab Tree, down round a boat off Avis's, the Bells Tavern ; up round a boat off the Vice-Chancellor's, and finish at the flag. boat off Springett's. The start was well taken by some, but indifferently by others. Coombes was bad in the offset, as was Kelly. They all came down the stream like lightning, and Coombes rowed right by his opponents. Hill slashed on, and came in second man, Phelps being third. In rounding the boat off Avis's, Combos run the nose of his wherry into it, and broke his scull. Hill then passed by him, and came in first ; Phelps was second, five lengths astern ; Royal, Kipping, and Kelly, being close up. HANOVER. 1.--I am quite sure that no one in England, who has not lately been in this unfortunate country, can have an idea of its present state. These peaceable, goodnatured, loyal people are entirely changed by the conduct of King Ernest. Anxiety, indignation, and fear prevail among them, and their fears are but too well founded. Loyalty was a second nature with them. I believe they have been better treated under their own Sovereigns than the inhabitants of most of the other German States. They have been prosperous, if you except the war time. Never having had their King amongst them, anything that displeased them they attributed to Ministers, while their King occupied in their thoughts and in their hearts the place which a kind father occupies in the hearts and thoughts of his affectionate children. Judge, then, how rudely they have been awakened from this decep tive yet pleasing dream by their present ruler, who seems to find his greatest delight in tyrannizing over them, in degrading, as far as it is in his power, those whom they have been accustomed to respect, and in honouring and raising above them all they ever hated and ab horred. In former times the Hanoverians used to say, "We hate the French, but we despise the Prussians." These very Prussians are now placed before them as models by whose ex ample everything near and about them is to be regulated. See the'choice of his Ministers. Schele, distinguished from his fellows only by greater firmness and perseverance in an evil course. Leist, a traitor, who deserted his Sovereign when the enemy of his country offered higher wages, and who now rejoices in an opportunity to punish those who were a reproach to him by their fidelity. See his friends. The Prussian princes, pure absolutists; the son of Nicholas, insignificant in himself, but important as the heir to the Autocrat of all the Russias, the possessor of a part of those riches to retain which theblood of the Polish nobles flowed in vain. This dissolute young man left Hanover yesterday. Little was seen of him ; for his health did not allow him to appear in public, and all the pre parations which had been made a month ago for his reception and entertainment have been almost entirely thrown away. King Ernest, though usually stingy, had expended a large sum, and must feel greatly annoyed at the failure. Only on the last evening of the Prince's stay, Monday, the 30th, the long -prepared illumination of the palace and grounds of Her renhausen, which the Grand Duke inhabited, could take place; for the weather conspired with the Prince's health to render every outdoor amusement impossible. I saw the beau tiful, though formal, old French garden on this occasion. The statues, the straight walks, and tall stiff hedges, seemed to look down with astonishment upon the unwonted splendour. The plait of the illuminations harmonised well with the style of the garden. A great obelisk, built of laths, 150 feet high, and illuminated from top to bottom with innumerable lamps, stood immediately behind the celebrated fountain, which reflected its lights, and gave the whole scene a fairy like splendour. All people love sight-seeing ; aris tocrats or democrats, loyal subjects or rebellious traitors, all forget their hatred and vexation when a fine show is to be seen, and I assure yon I saw several of the most violent opponents of King Ernest walking about the gardens enjoying the scene. The Grand Duke has made very splendid presents to the different individuals who were about him. It is said that he has spent at least 80,000 dollars here in presents alone. No very unwise thing in King Ernest to invite him thither. The meanness of the King on this occasion has ap peared even more prominently then usual. I will give you a few instances, for the truth of which I can vouch. A certain number of tickets of admission to the temporary theatre at Ilerrenhausen was sent to the citizens, but with the strict in junction that no one belonging to the Magistracy should re ceive one. The sum whic the Grand Duke had given to the poor of the town had passed somehow through the King's hands, and he had himself added the condition that Ruhmann, the Stadt Director. his greatest opponent, should not have the distribution of it, fearing, it is supposed, that it might add to his already great popularity if he had the dispensing of such good things. I am told, from good authority, that the King is in a very bad humour, for which he may have ample grounds, if it is true, as I have heard this morning, that the Diet has declared itself incompetent to decide the question between him and his people. He often speaks of his right to the crown of Eng land, and appears to look forward with great and confident expectation to wearing it. Let Englishmen consider this, and they will, perhaps, decide that it is their duty, in the elevated position as to politics in which fortune and their own good sense have placed them, to hold out a helping hand to their neighbours in their aspirations after political liberty, to teach King Ernest, by a bold and straightforward expression of their abhorrence, that he must reckon on the decided op position of England in all his attempts upon the liberty of his people. Could not the Press procure, from the two individuals in all England most interested in the present affairs of this country, such a declaration as should at once put an end to all the more or less direct assertions of King Ernest, that he had the approbation of the Dukes of Sussex and of Cambridge for his conduct? This is a matter of great importance, and de serves the serious consideration of those who guide the Press. HANOVER, Ave. B.—The only event which has created any sensation here during the last few days is the resignation of Mr. Rose, who was, not in name, but in feet, the Minister of the Interior in Hanover during the reign of William the Fourth. lam told that his resignation was demanded, but refused by him until a pension of 3,000 dollars was secured, when he gave up his post, and means, it is said, to go into the country. He is a clever man, but would never have created tie interest which just now attaches to his name if the injus tice of the King did not give him the appearance of a martyr to his patriotism and to his principles. All men who take an interest in polities (and their number is greatly increased here of late) speak with grief and indignation of the inexplicable indifference shown by the English Pres., and consequently by the English public, concerning the affairs of Hanover. It is true. no important events have happened lately to fix attention upon King Ernest and his people, but their present relative position is well calculated to interest the politician, and to fill his mind with anxious fear f o r th e f u t ure peace o f Europe. Hanover is not the only Gcfman State which is on the eve of civil war. With the exception of Baden and of Wurtem berg, all the German Governments, nicknamed representative, are about, under some pretext or other, to withdraw from their subjects even the trifling advantages which their most imper fect systems of representation procured for them. Bavaria takes the lead in the race of oppression run by the rulers against the people, Hesse Cassel follows, and the same is the case with others. King Ernest has acted only with some what more boldness and less cunning. He despises the people and, therefore, disdains to play tricks with them. He com mands, and thinks they must obey. He gives the Hanoverian' a lesson in the science of politics, on high terms it is tr ue , but it is yet to be seen whether he or his successor will not be the loser by this dangerous game.—Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle. CORONATION AT MILAN. MILAN, Auo. 14.—The more nearly the coronation ap- Froschcs the greater the precautions adopted by the Govern ment; a military camp of infantry is to be established within a quarter of a league of Milan, between the roads of Ma genta and Rho. A notice issued by Major-General Weigel sperg, announces that the camp will be ready for the 16th. The Director- General of the Police, M. Torresani Lanzen. feld, has published an ordinance relative to foreigners and all those who do not belong to the city of Milan or the corpi santi (the rural districts), of which the following are its prin cipal provisions:— " 1. The innkeepors,owners of hotels, proprietors of houses, and all other persons holding a house or an establishment, whether public or private, both in Milan and iu the corpi santi, shall make known to the police, in the delay of twenty-four hours, the names of the persons they may have lodged, even for a while and momentarily, provided however they shall have spr.nt the night in their houses, and announce also their de. parture w►thin the same delay. " 2. All those who should receive is tin'ir houses and lodg ings, even g. atuitously, relations, friends, or any other person, arc bound to make the same declaration. "3. All foreigners residing at present in Milan or its neigh bourhood must, in the course of eight days, present their per- mission to sojourn to the general direction of the police, in order that it may he confirmed and legalized anew. " 4. Tile delinquents shall he punished according to the laws in %igour, " 5.. All those v.ho take in lodgers, whether gratuitously or otherwise, Inuit require them to exhibit their passports, or the other papers they may be provided with, aad apprise +tem of the ne cess i ty o f present i ng themselves to the ";,ice. " 0. All for e ian c r a ou arriying P` e tile o , s of ITILISt t! present to the inspector of pollee a regt k to them by th e i r respective Governmerits.V for, igr.ers, but do not belong to the city ot t diate vicinity, w ill mere l y b e obliged to prey the civil authorities of their country ; provided, however, it be legalized by the superior commissary of police of the province in which they usually rcsi,le, with the .express permission to undert a k e th e j ourney to Milan. Should these formalities not he complied with, they will cot be allowed to enter Milan. " TORRESANI LANZENFELD. " Milan, August 1, 1838." f - 744 1 Vry - 1- • ",- •;4;?;. el/ Feef) A i rtN a i yir 0 THE WAR IN SYRIA. (From the Quotidienne.) MALTA, A uG. s.—For a long time past the European lournals, in their recitals as to the wsr of Haouran, always represent the Druses as the chief of the revolters in this country. It is not, however, the Druses, but the Bedouins belonging to the valiant and numerous race of Anesis, spread over the deserts of Palmyra and Euphrates, who keep up the insurrection. In the affair of April 11 last, in which 16,000 Bedouins completely beat the Egyptian arm y , composed of 9,000 men, there we re on l y some few Druses. The Druses are only to be found in Lebanon, and those who fought in Haouran were only the refugees. Amongst the inhabitants of Syria and the desert of Syria who repel the authority of Ibra him Pacha, the warlike tribes cf Haouran ought to be particu lady distinguished. The Druses, the Maronites, the Me torialis, the Ansaries, who inhabit the Lebanon regions, all de sire to fight against Ibrahim—but during the last two years the son of Mehemet Ali has disarmed them all, and it is, therefore, that revolutions do not break out in the mountains. The people of Syria have an energy and a love of independence of which a very imperfect idea can be formed in Europe. Four years since, when Galilee and Samaria were not disarmed, all of a sudden an intrepid multitude was to be perceived ready to march against the oppressor. The cause of this was the conscription which was ordained by Ibrahim in Palestine. Seheik-Kasin- Hakmet, of Naplouse, was the supreme chief of the revolters. They massacred in the plain of Zabulon the 13th regiment of the line, coming from Damascus and proceeding towards Kaipha. The insurgents directed their steps towards Jei usa lem. The Mussulmans of the Holy City were for them. The Christians alone and 800 men of the garrison defended Jeru salem. On the Bth of June the rebels entered Jerusalem, and pillaged the houses and shops of the Christians. The garrison took to flight in disorder into the citadel or tower of David. Ibrahim then arrived and entered the city. The walls of Je rusalem were soon surrounded with an infinite number of in surgents, who kept the city in a state of siege during 28 days. Ibrahim had informed beforehand his father, who arrived two days after at Jaffa with 15,000 men as a reinforcement. Me hemet Ali and his son then had recourse to a trick to get rid of the discontented who required not to be enrolled in the re gular army. A treaty of peace was concluded between Ibra him and Sehiek-Karin-Hakmet. In this treaty it was stipu lated that for the future the inhabitants of Palestine should not be counted as soldiers. The famous Aboughos was then detained in the prison of St. Jean d'Acre, but Mehemet Ali knowing he exercised a great influence over the Fellahts of Palestine, released him, adorned him with a rich pelisse, gave him a large sum of money, and charged him to restore tran quillity. The Fellahts had returned to their homes, and had recommenced their agricultural labours, when Ibrahim at the head of 16,000 men, pursued a destructive march over Samaria and Galilee, massacreing all in his way, and burning the villages. The Egyptian army disarmed all the moun taineers. The Schiek-Kasin- flakrnet and his four sons were taken and decapitated at Damascus. This barbarous violation of the rights of man excited in the country the most bitter hatred, which can never terminate but with the end of the Egyptian domination in Syria. Th ese peop l e, whom the Governrnent of Mehemet Alt has reduced to the greatest poverty, Trait for the army of the Sultan Mahmoud as the end of their miseries, as well as the instruments of vengeance. From the instant that the army of the Grand Seignor shall place its foot in Syria, all these people will fly to the imperial banners. If hostilities commence, it is not probable that the army d the Sultan will proceed to Syria by the defiles which go into Cilicia. These defiles were always the terror of the most celebrated warriors. Xenophon, after having seen these mountains, said that the army of Cyrus could have been stopped by a handful of men, if the King Syeuncsis had not abandoned the heights. Arian also speaks of these defiles, which, in :his time, were called the Pyles Cicilian ; after the conquest of a great portion of Cappadocia, Alexander the Great approached the passage of Cilicia ; before he escaped, his sole idea was to go during the night and surprise those who guarded it. Aftcr having put them to flight, Alexander the Great avowed that it would have been the easiest thing possible to have crushed him and his army by simply rolling upon them Weeks of stone. M. Caillia, a distinguished geographer, tells a story which was believed in the country, and which gives an idea of :the difficulties which present themselves in traversing these narrow and most difficult passages :—" It is said that a Vizier, about to take possession of a pachalick of Syria, having presented himself at thin passage, a fool, who was on the heights ordered the Vizier to cause his band of music to play, that he (the fool) might dance. The Vizier at first re fused to do so, but the fool told him that if he did not, he would roll the stor.es from the heights on himself and his suite, and the Vizier was obliged to yield." The Egyptian soldiers, placed at this moment on the points of the Cicilian Pyles, will not renew with the army of Stamboul the old game of the fool and the Vizier. The troops of the Sultan will not attempt to enter by this passage, so well guarded by the soldiers of Ibrahim Paella. Nor can it be imagined that the vessels of Constantinople can convey regiments to any part of the Syrian coast. The fleet of the Viceroy is strong, and ►would oppose the landing of the troops. The entry into Syria by the plains of Samesat and of Aintab would open the greatest chances of success to the army of the Sultan. It would proceed from Nicomedia to Angora ; it would pursue its march towards Yousgat, Kaissarieh, and Malatia ; it would traverse a portion of the chain of the Taurus, which has ac cessible roads, and it would then be very soon on the frontiers of Syria. This road is certainly much longer than that of Koniah and Adana, but it is the least dangerous passage, and the most easy which at this moment presents itself to the troops of the Sultan Mahmoud. Y -d esterday forenoon the neighbourhood of the me tropolis, more particularly the western suburbs, was visited by a most severe storm of thunder and lightning, which lasted for a consibrable time. From ten o'cicck heavy reverberating peals of thunder were heard in the distance, and about half past ten the storm came up from the north-west. About It quarter past eleven o'clock the storm was at its greatest height, the rain descending in torrents, and the wind sweeping it in gusts resembling sheets of water, about which time the electric fluid struck the house No. 7, at the corner of Orme square, Bayswater, kept by a lady named Kent, as a board ing-house, nearly opposite the gate leading into Kensington gardens, from whence, after breaking and dislodging the first of a range of square chimney-pots, without further injuring the piemises, it crossed the high road, and, passing over the north-eastern angle of the royal kitchen garden, and the resi dence of the keeper, struck an ancient witch elm, shivering it to the core. At the commencement of the storm, a school, consisting of five-and.twenty nearly grown-up young ladies, entered the gardens at the Bayswater -gate, and took shelter in the alcove on the western side of the Broad Walk, a distance of about thirty yards east of the tree, which is about one hundred feet high. In the alcove were also five or six gentlemen, who had likewise sought s h e l ter t h ere, and the ele c t r i c fl u id, on descending the tree, and reach ing the top of the garden wall, burst into two portions, one of which, passing along the outside of the wall, entered the gar dens at the gate, within which an old veteran, named Foubert, who has for many years swept the crossing there, was stand ing, who states that he was nearly deprived of his senses and eyesight by the shock. The other portion struck the west side of the alcove, which, according to the accounts of the gatekeepers, whose lodge is close to the spot, appeared for an instant enveloped with a body of flame, which quickly passed out of the gate without injuring any of the thirty persons, within beyond most dreadfully alarming them. As soon as they had recovered from their fright they immediately * left the alcove, and took shelter during the remainder of the s'iorm, which shortly subsided, in the houses on the opposite ` sid e of the Bayswater-road. About the same time a large elder tree, standing in the front garden of Mr. Davies, at the bot tom of Market -court, in High-street, opposite Kensington Cherch, was struck by the electric fluid, and splintered so completely that it was found necessary to cut it down. Although several persons were passing at the moment no one sustained any injury. THE HARVEST IN IRELAND.—(Front the Dublin Mail of last Wednesday. )—A very unfavou ra bl e change has taken place in the weather—one that, w e fear, should it continue, cannot prove other than injn*l.eals to the standing crops—although as:yet the accounts from 'the country are far from dispiriting. Since Monday afterv,,ou it has been blowing almost interruptedly a severe gale of wind, accompa nied occasionally by very heavy showers, 'and, up to th a etiz t e we are w r i t i ng , w i t h li tt l e prospect of p,-,tbsidi„g. We alarmists, and are bitterly o t ipose.C t to that aefarious system ehich makes a public jouznal tubseme to the base and inte rested objects of parties, who speculate on human misery, and purchase up food in, the hope of creating a famine. That such wretches exist is but ton true ; and we believe that at this moment a "east quantity of corn has found its way into the hands of individuals not legitimately engaged in the trade, wl.to are :solely influenced by a love of lucre, and who make Cneir calculations of profit contingent upon the state of the weather, and reckon their gains in the diabolical hope of a failure in th e harvest. That they may be disappointed in their calcula tions and their hopes most sincerely do we i:,ray ; but while ee deem it our duty to lay before our distnnt readers a true account of the variations in the we•atlter, it atfoids us joy to b~ able to accompany that statere.ent w:th the assurance—and werit derive o y that as fa s r y et ct s frono thinjury th I, s t and surest whatever has sbe so.r been nsu e s e t s of h sustained d a ut thatc.. grain, whil e the potato crop was never more proinis awrzlidero!re the present, harvest below an average one in th e lug or abundant. -- !Hits. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, &c.- .We ar e r , itt .- ...5te,1 to state that Mr. Bentley , of Mew Burling.ton-street hn.s this day published "1 A Romaoee of Vienn a, " b y ! dr ; Trollope, author of " Vienna and the Austrians," '1 vicar of Wrexhill,,, & e., (in 3 vole., post 8vo,), which to.ottow be had of all book , ellers, and at the various lilirariec: . yi . B i , °Y the author of " Ze ll is also just published " The Last D- - "" "" . ent‘ey the 'Nazurenes of Rome," a romance ' Ays of Aurelian ; or, ~etters from Palmyra,") in nobia, Queen of the East," (~ * two vole , prise Twelve 51i:.,'.1.1!1g.5. Agents : for Scotland, P.radfl ' . ..e, " Edlnburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. J. .11 , ssrs. 11,21 l an,l Cumming, Dublin. Gatnlo: - 01r '. 6 .ncr is said to th e b esett i ng v i ce of Span i sh :,ra, who are, in all other respects, ..models of abstinence and sobriety. i